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central Java. Why we love the southeast of the United States and moved back from
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16 comments:

Hello Mariette, What an impressive sight is all that cotton, either in the field or compacted into a giant "bale." It seems that most of the human labor has been eliminated from the harvest. On the other hand, look what that immense labor led to before. I wonder if there is any human gleaning from the plants missed by the harvester, or whether it is just left to waste.--Jim

Dearest Jim,No there is no human gleaning from the plants missed by the harvester. We biked today and saw an entire strip of white where they apparently had missed an entire row. Sad to see also in general a few cotton balls remaining on the plants. Guess it would be too expensive for doing this...Hugs and happy weekend.Mariette

wow! that's really neat! thanks for sharing these views! cotton used to be a huge crop in my area years back, but died out about 30 years ago or so. guess they either exhausted the ground or turned to more lucrative crops? still, one of the nearby towns still holds an annual 'cotton festival' each year, although no one grows it locally anymore. and their beloved old cotton gin is now being demolished.

Wow, what an incredible sight! I love the view of the vast field under vast sky, and I also love the close-up of the cottons! It has been a very dry summer indeed. There is a small chance of rain here this weekend and I hope we get some drops.Happy Saturday and have a great weekend!

This post was very interesting to see and read Mariette - I had no idea that it was harvested in this way. It must have been a very time consuming and hard job requiring lots of labour before the big machines were available.

Dearest MAriette,thank you for this wonderful Cotton-Harvest-Post! Wonderful pictures and video. I love the picture, where you are standing in the cotton field :O)Happy new week to you, Love and husg and blessings,Claudia xo